Scepter and the Spear

Steven Lowenstam is Professor of Classics at the University of Oregon.

S. shows throughout an acute perceptiveness, a superb knowledge of the bibliography, and a discriminating appreciation of the value of previous scholars' contribution, and I hope that scholars and students will give his remarkable book the attention it deserves. -- Mark W. Edwards, Emeritus Professor of Classics, Stanford University ...this adept treatment of Homeric diction successfully bridges the gap between the technical aspects of oral poetics and literary analysis. Religious Studies Review This is a book that has changed the way I read the ^RIliad^I, has changed my scholarly work on the ^RIliad^I, and has changed the way I teach the ^RIliad^I. -- Andrew S. Becker, BRYN MAWR CLASSICAL REVIEW ...trumpets an interdisciplinary and theoretical approach. Phoenix